The first weekend of August the Wickford Yacht Club takes a cruise. All the club members get together with their boats, sail or power, and visit various ports of call along the southern New England Coast. Typically, the first stop is Cuttyhunk Island just east of Narragansett Bay. It's the first island you reach as you hang a left past Newport, and a tiny one in the Elizabeth Island chain which...
What an interesting day out on the water. It was the Optimist New England Championship, hosted out of Potter's Cove by Sail Newport to over 400 optis from the US, USVI, Canada, and even Mexico! This is always a well attended event and this year it graced the shores of Newport with an astounding number of opti sailors ready to compete! The Opti Green fleet had about 40 boats, and the Red White Blue...
As I mentioned recently, I've been trying to find time for creative work instead of the sailing events that consume my summer calendar. So, with a clear sky and dusk moonrise in the forecast, I packed up my seascape photography kit and made my way to Second Beach in Newport. Too often I find myself running to nearby beaches like the North Kingstown Town Beach or Narragansett Beach for last minute...
The Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinicis not just any sailing clinic. Young sailors from all over submit applications in the hope they are accepted for 4 days of advanced instruction and coaching by some of the best in the business. This year sailors from New England, Canada, California, US Virgin Island, and even Signapore were accepted for the clinic, which was hosted by Sail Newport in late...
This was my second year covering this event, and while I was unable to get on the water for the first day of races (due to the Sail Newport Youth Challenge) I was able to go out on Sunday. The wind was flukey, the breeze was fairly light, but it was still terrific to see all the one-design boats competing so close to home! There were several returning faces and both the laser fleet and F18 fleet...
